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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skamu

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *skamō.

Noun

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*skamu f[1]

  1. shame

Inflection

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ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *skamu
Genitive *skamā
Singular Plural
Nominative *skamu *skamō
Accusative *skamā *skamā
Genitive *skamā *skamō
Dative *skamē *skamōm, *skamum
Instrumental *skamu *skamōm, *skamum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207:PWGmc *skamu